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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?
(a) There was a power explosion at the central power agency for Albuquerque.
(b) The Santa Fe railroad derailed and caused an oil leak.
(c) There has been an attack by the Japanese on American soil.
(d) The explosive dump at the Alamogordo Air Base has blown up.

2. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?
(a) June 19, 1942.
(b) May 22, 1942.
(c) September 18, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

3. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?
(a) Norway.
(b) France.
(c) Korea.
(d) Scotland.

4. Who did Peter Ivanov send to talk to Robert Oppenheimer and feel out his Communist sensibilities at Berkeley?
(a) Jens Poulsson.
(b) George Eltenton.
(c) Alexander Sachs.
(d) Richard Brennan.

5. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) The Four Seasons.
(b) Casa Lorena.
(c) The Quartz.
(d) La Fonda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

2. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?

3. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?

4. What does S.O.E. stand for?

5. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?

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